FORT RIVER NEAR AMHERST, MA
FORT RIVER MA USGS
FORT RIVER NEAR AMHERST, MA (01171300) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the FORT RIVER in MA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 31 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01171300
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MA
- Coordinates
- 42.3584, -72.5059
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyFort River Near Amherst, MA has 31 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus), Amur Carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), and 26 others.
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Salmons And Trouts Salmoninae
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 31 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 11, 2021 – Jul 19, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records